1973

1973 was the 1973rd year of the Common Era.

Events
1967
 * On 15 January 1973, United States President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of all military actions in the Vietnam War by the US Marine Corps, US Army, and other American military forces. On 27 January 1973, the Paris Peace Accords end the war.
 * Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 is shot down on 21 February by Israel, killing all but 5 of 113 passengers.
 * On 23 March 1973, the Watergate Scandal is discovered and the government of US President Richard Nixon falls apart. Nixon blames several members of his cabinet for the scandal, but he later resigns with many others in the "Saturday Night Massacre". On 29 March, the last US soldier leaves Vietnam.
 * World Trade Center opens.
 * On 8 May, the Wounded Knee Siege begins as Native Americans occupy the battlefield site. The government eventually forces them to surrender.
 * On 19 May, the Second Cod War begins between the United Kingdom and Iceland.
 * Kingdom of Greece is overthown by a new republic.
 * King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is overthrown by Mohammed Daoud Khan and the Daoud Republic of Afghanistan is founded.
 * Black September Organization members kill 3 people and wound 55 in Athens, Greece.
 * On 6 October, the Yom Kippur War begins in Israel between Israel and an alliance of Egypt and Syria. On 26 October, the war ends in a crushing victory for Israel.
 * Guinea-Bissau becomes independent.
 * The Athens Polytechnic Uprising begins in Greece on 17 November.